HOW FAR I HAVE GONE WITH MY STEEM BUCKET-LIST; MY PRE-HARDFORK 20/STEEMFEST 3 APPRAISAL! by oluwoleolaide

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Over eighteen moons ago I came here, so much water had passed under the bridge with so many fishes caught in the net of despair and faded faith. But I still stood my ground, just like many comrades- steemians all over the world.
The next Hardfork (steem velocity) is around the corner, HF-20 is something a host of users have been waiting for, just like another steemfest is near to be held in Krakow Poland. Unfortunately, too many people like me just wish to be there, a chance of it becoming a reality is “ultra-slim”. However, we all find satisfaction and fulfillment in life if a few of how wishes come to reality; hence I’ll keep the faith.
Nothing in life is worthwhile unless we take some risks, even though failure is certain at some point, which might make our dreams and wishes wafer, but it makes us wiser and smarter. That being said, I have made so many mistakes and errors here on the steem Blockchain which stills haunts me down, some have prevented me from growing in steem like I have planned to be.
Now that I have overcome the urge to give up on steem, it’s time to do an appraisal of my journey so far here in this community. With the current price of steem below $1 and yet still unstable, it is the perfect time to ramble on- and a good time to HODL my ground, even though it is hard to convince investors in this part of the world to come invest in steem.
I have missed the past steemfest, now the third one seems to be as elusive as the other two in Holland and Portugal. Not that I have given up completely on going to Poland, but I’ll be honest that my resources in terms of steem could not make that happen from the look of things. Although, that seems to be the only elusive thing I have craved for so bad on my bucket list.
<center><h1>MY STEEM BUCKET-LIST; AN APPRAISAL</h1></center>
- Join Steemit- Done
- Understand the Basics of Steem from the White/Blue paper- 70% done
- Interact with People- Done/Doing
- Make a sensible Intro-post- Done
- Publish educative and informative posts- Done/Doing
- Spam others with links- Nil
- Freak people out with begging- Nil
- Make some crappy posts- Once in a while.
- Impress a Whale- Done
- Talk to a whale- Done
- Help Minnows- On several occasions
- Enter Contests- Multiple times
- Listen to friendly advices- Done
- Make true friends- Done/doing
- Sponsor steem events- Done
- Organise steem meetups/hangout- Done
- Caught in the middle of whale wars- Few times
- Donate steem to a worthy cause- Done
- Go to Steem event In Nigeria- Affirmative
- Go to Steemfest 3- Doubtful
- Become a Dolphin- In progress!
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